Four CALS faculty members, listed below, were among 44 UW–Madison faculty selected to receive Vilas professorships and awards this year. The awards are supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).

Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awards
Twelve professors, including two from CALS, received Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. The award provides flexible research funding for three years.

• Kaiping Chen, Life Sciences Communication
• Zhou Zhang, Biological Systems Engineering

Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards
Fourteen professors, including two from CALS, received Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence. The award provides flexible research funding for three years.

• Tessa Conroy, Agricultural & Applied Economics
• Michael Xenos, Life Sciences Communication